Hey folks... needed some advise/assistance. I have a system that is pretty dusty and I'm trying to find alternatives for blowing out the dust away without using many cans of air or spending a ton on a compressor..

I personally have only every used a vacuum and qtips, or cans of compressed gas (6 cans for $19.99 @ costco). Some interesting alternatives mentioned above already.

Lsv

May 5, 2012 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond007
(Post 626961)

I personally have only every used a vacuum and qtips, or cans of compressed gas (6 cans for $19.99 @ costco). Some interesting alternatives mentioned above already.

That's what I buy, but that cheap $60 blower looks good. I might give it a shot.

miggs78

May 6, 2012 08:30 AM

I usually use can of compressed air, but I'll need a bit of them to clean up, hence I'm looking for a different alternative. That Metro Vacuum looks interesting, seems it's pretty popular, Canada computers has it for not so much, I might pick it up..

Long time printer techs told me vacuum's generate too much static. I haven't seen one zap a system tho... yet.

miggs78

May 6, 2012 09:32 AM

True.. thought I'd clear it out though, I looked at this thing briefly, it apparently is not a vacuum but a blower, it blows air and doesn't suck it.. But with that said, I'll try a blow dryer first, $15 vs $50, definitely try what I have first..!

Adzsask

May 6, 2012 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by miggs78
(Post 627101)

True.. thought I'd clear it out though, I looked at this thing briefly, it apparently is not a vacuum but a blower, it blows air and doesn't suck it.. But with that said, I'll try a blow dryer first, $15 vs $50, definitely try what I have first..!

The increased cost is because the air is static free, and you would have to custom make a tip to narrow it down to get any power from the hairdryer, which will overheat it.